Arson terrorism returns to haunt south

Gaza-based terrorists have returned to launching arson attacks on Israel’s south in recent days, causing fires in areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. Read more

Exhibition a sober reminder of Nazi brutality

Titled “Registered, persecuted, annihilated: The Sick and the Disabled under National Socialism,” the Queensland-first exhibition showcases the brutality of Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4, the so-called Nazi ‘euthanasia’ program. Read more

Canada follows Australia’s stance on Durban 4

The Canadian has announced it will join Australia in not attending the Durban 4 Conference in September citing the anti-Israel sentiments showing previously. Read more

Scott Morrison says no to Durban 4

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has applauded Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia will not participate in the event to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Read more

First plane of Israeli medical aid lands in India

The first cargo plane with tons of medical equipment donated by Israel to the Government of India landed at Indira Airport in Delhi on Wednesday morning. Read more

Samaria terror victim dies of wounds: terrorist captured

Yehuda Guetta, a young Israeli man who was critically injured in a terrorist attack on Sunday in Samaria, died of his injuries Wednesday night, as the terrorist who shot him was captured. Read more

Fearing Israeli anti-terror law, PA banks close 35,000 accounts of terrorists

Banks operating in the Palestinian Authority (PA) have closed 35,000 bank accounts of imprisoned terrorists, released terrorists, and families of dead terrorists, a result of action taken by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Read more

Jerusalem police arrest 5 Arab rioters in Sheikh Jarrah

Jerusalem’s police arrested three Arabs in the city on Wednesday night during violent riots in the Shimon Hatzadik neighbourhood, also known as Sheikh Jarrah. Read more

Ahead of 54th Jerusalem Day, capital’s population nears 1 million

In the runup to Jerusalem Day, which this year falls on May 9, the city continues to be Israel’s largest, with a population nearing 1 million, according to a study by the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research…writes Yori Yalon. Read more

President Rivlin on a farewell visit to Mossad HQ

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has made a farewell visit to the Mossad thanking its staff for its dedicated work. Read more

President Rivlin gives Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid mandate to form government

President Reuven Rivlin has given Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid the mandate to form a government. Read more

Hamas Military Leader Threatens Israel over Eviction of Illegal Residents in Sheikh Jarrah

Muhammad Def, head of Hamas’ military wing, issued a “last and explicit warning” to Israel that Hamas will not stand by idly in the face of Israel’s “aggression against the Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood” in Jerusalem, and Israel will “pay a heavy price” if it does not cease its actions there. Read more

Spetz – an Israeli app to find the help you need

Spetz is an Israeli start-up working internationally that has been very successful in Israel, are working in the UK, and has recently soft-launched in Australia.  Read more

A difference of opinion

Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987 for spying for Israel in the United States…and now is the keynote speaker at an event in Jerusalem celebrating Jerusalem Day. Read more

Israeli forces arrest suspects connected to Samaria terror attack

Israeli security forces arrested on Monday night several suspects connected to Sunday’s terror attacks at the Tapuach Junction in Samaria, in which three young Israelis were shot and wounded. Read more

Police slammed for shutting down Temple Mount for Jews

Israel’s police have banned all access for Jewish worshippers to the Temple Mount at least until the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan, apparently fearing Muslim violence at the holy site. Read more

UIA Women’s Division photo gallery

The UIA Women’s Division event shared between Perth and Melbourne was held at Melbourne’s Classic cinema. Were you there?  A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more

Dr Ruth guest speaker at UIA Victoria and WA Women’s Division event

UIA Victoria and WA Women’s Division held their headline event joined by donors in the US, Israel, Guatemala and Colombia. Read more

Israel’s Umoove launches app to help clear distressed minds

The Israel-based mobile software technology company Umoove has announced the launch of MindReset, an app that will help users clear their distressed minds through very short, eye-tracking based, sessions. Read more

School bullying victims meets the president

Israel’s Reuven Rivlin welcomed 12-year-old Agam Asayeg to his residence Beit HaNasi after she suffered physical and mental abuse at school last week. Read more

Netanyahu fails to form government

Benjamin Netanyahu has been unable to form a new government following the 28-day term allotted to him to do so. Read more

$500,000 Victorian government grant to Melbourne’s oldest Shul

Melbourne’s oldest Synagogue, the iconic East Melbourne Synagogue, has received a significant boost to its ambitious vision for a significant restoration and expansion after receiving a $500,000 grant from the Victorian government to help restore the Synagogue and old school hall to its former glory. Read more

Bob Carr targets Israel again

Former NSW Premier and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr has sent an email to “to all supporters of Palestine in the Australian Labor Party”. Read more

UIA NSW 2021 major donor dinner

UIA NSW hosted nearly 300 supporters from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth at its 2021 Major Donor Dinner on 29 April, with guest speaker Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP. Were you there?…a J-Wire photo gallery. Read more

A farewell to Vic

Vic Alhadeff is leaving the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies of which he has been the CEO for 16 years. Read more

Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization honour victims of Mt. Meron tragedy

The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization (WZO) have paid tribute to those who died while participating in the Lag Ba’Omer festivities on Mount Meron last Thursday night. Read more

Doctors fighting for lives of terror attack victims: IDF manhunt continues

Doctors at Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah are fighting for the lives of two of the Israeli victims who were shot and critically wounded during the shooting attack at Tapuach Junction in Samaria on Sunday evening. Read more

Three students injured, two critically in Samaria drive-by shooting

Three 19-year-old Jewish students were injured in a drive-by shooting terror attack, at the Tapuach junction, near the city of Ariel in Samaria on Sunday. Read more

The names and faces of those who lost their lives at Mount Meron

Some of the people killed in the stampede at Lag B’Omer celebrations on Mount Meron were laid to rest on Saturday night, with the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine having identified the 45 bodies by Sunday. Read more

‘Strive to Study the Truth’: Calls for State inquiry into Mt. Meron tragedy

Israel observed on Sunday a national day of mourning for the 45 Israelis who died during the Lag Ba’Omer celebrations on Mount Meron, as the press and officials called for an in-depth inquiry and have begun to point fingers at those they believe are responsible for the tragic disaster. Read more

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